BACKGROUND: Thailand's progress in reducing the under-five mortality rate (U5MR) puts the country on track to achieve the fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG). Whether this success has been accompanied by a widening or narrowing of the child mortality gap between the poorest and richest...

This article aims to expose the limitations of existing methods by which international comparisons of telecommunications charges are made. Existing methods are distorted by many variables which vary from country to country. Consequently, results still need to be qualitatively debated on grounds...